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The Thames Tideway Tunnel - Preventing Another Great Stink (Paperback)
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The Thames Tideway Tunnel - Preventing Another Great Stink (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 5 470
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In 1858 the 'Great Stink of London' made much of the city along the
Thames uninhabitable. Between 1848 and 1854 nearly 25,000 Londoners
died of cholera, a disease borne by foul water. Joseph Bazalgette
saved the city, building sewers that would serve 4 million people
and stop waste water emptying into the Thames. These sewers are
still the backbone of London's sewerage system today, but the
city's population is now approaching 10 million; the old sewers
can't cope and action needs to be taken to ensure that 'The Great
Stink' never happens again. This is where the Thames Tideway Tunnel
comes in: a GBP4.2 billion, 25km-long, 7.2m-diameter tunnel that
will stop virtually all of the sewer overflows into the Thames and
give us a cleaner and healthier river and city. This is the inside
story on the tunnel, from the very start to breaking ground and all
the steps along the way. Written by Phil Stride, a leading civil
engineer, it is a unique chance both to see behind the scenes of an
incredible civil engineering project and to meet the people who've
taken it forward over the last ten years.
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